Atriplex laevis Ledeb.

Sukhorukov, Alexander P., Kushunina, Maria A., Stepanova, Nina Yu., Kalmykova, Olga G., Golovanov, Yaroslav M. & Sennikov, Alexander N., 2024, Taxonomic inventory and distributions of Chenopodiaceae (Amaranthaceae s. l.) in Orenburg Region, Russia, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 121541-e 121541 : e121541-

Atriplex laevis Ledeb.

Atriplex laevis Ledeb., Ic. Pl. Fl. Ross. 1: 10 (1829).

Native status

Native. Knjazev (2009) noted that this species occurs on saline substrates, but also spreads along railway embankments.

Conservation status

Least Concern ( LC).

EOO 520 km 2, AOO 24 km 2. Despite the apparently restricted occurrence at the very margin of the distribution area, the species demonstrates no tendency in reduction of its distribution or in decline of its populations. Moreover, it expands to secondary habitats ( Knjazev 2009).

Distribution

Orenburg Region (south-eastern districts): Svetlyi, Yasnyi Districts (Fig. 9 ). North-western limit of the native species distribution.

Previous reports: Ryabinina (1998), Knjazev (2009).

The species occurs on saline lands and sands, along waterbodies, also in human-disturbed sites. It is rare in the Region.

The species is distributed as native in southern Siberia, Mongolia, north-western and northern China, northern and eastern Kazakhstan. It is alien in Fennoscandia, Eastern Europe, West Asia ( Turkey), Iran, Syria, Caucasus ( Armenia), East Asia ( Korea, Japan), Central Asia (western Kazakhstan, Tajikistan).

Figures

Figure 9. Distribution map of Atriplex laevis.